Gov. Dapo Abiodun on Saturday joined other members of the party in his Iperu ward 3 in Ikenne local government area of the state to partake in the exercise where he described the exercise as peaceful.
Abiodun who made this known shortly after participating in the ward congress where 531 APC members came out to partake in the exercise , noted that he was happy at the turnout of members of the party at the ward congress.
The governor noted that the exercise was in line with what the caretaker extraordinary committee on convention planning had prescribed in preparation for the National Convention of the party.
He added that the exercise was the beginning of the house keeping exercise that would ensure that the party had people who were properly voted into office.
” What we are doing here today is in line with what the caretaker extraordinary committee on convention planning has prescribed that we do in other to put our house in order in APC.
” We appreciate that what we had thus far for a few months are caretaker committees at different organisational levels of the party from the ward to the local government to the state and the national.
” So, basically, what we are doing is the beginning of the house keeping exercise to ensure that we have people who are properly voted into office that will now become substantive office holders from the ward levels and up,” he said.
The state governor explained that the congress was a consensus arrangement which was ratified through an electoral process.
He assured party faithfuls that he would ensure that the ward was empowered to perform it’s duties.
“Their was a consensus arrangement here, but, however, it was important for that consensus arrangement to still be ratified by the electorate and that was dully done and I am very satisfied with exercise.
” I have called round a few local governments, I understand that what has happened here is going on in other local governments and the exercise has been thus peaceful and inclusive.
” From now on, you will see lots of difference in the way our ward chairman now operate as we will give them all the needed support to be able to perform their task as chairmen and hold ward meeting as and when due,” he said.
Abiodun assured the people of Ikenne local government that his administration would ensure it completed the Bethel road which he said was one of the two roads left for his administration to rehabilitate in the local government.
Earlier, the new chairman of the ward, Nojeemdeen Towobola while appreciating members and leaders of the party in the ward for their support during the Congress, noted that the party would continue to wax stronger in the ward and local government.
The ward congress which had in attendance members of the Ogun State Congress Committee of the All Progressives Congress from the national party in Abuja, had 531 members ratify the consensus candidates of the party in Iperu ward 3, Ikenne local government.
